Zbigniew Wodecki
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Zbigniew Stanisław Wodecki ({{IPA|pl|ˈzbiɡɲɛv vɔˈdɛt͡skʲi}}; 6 May 1950 – 22 May 2017) was a Polish singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter.
Early life and career
He was born on 6 May 1950 in Kraków, Poland.{{Cite web |title=Zbigniew Wodecki: Byłem jednym z symboli peerelowskiej rozrywki |url=https://krakow.wyborcza.pl/krakow/7,42699,19289837,zbigniew-wodecki-bylem-jednym-z-symboli-peerelowskiej-rozrywki.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=krakow.wyborcza.pl |language=pl}} He started to play the violin at the age of five. He started collaborating with the Piwnica pod Baranami literary cabaret and singer Ewa Demarczyk in the late 1960s. As a singer, he debuted in 1972 at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. He is mostly known for the songs Chałupy Welcome To,{{cite web | url = http://www.polskieradio.pl/7/3085/Artykul/985388,Jak-Zbigniew-Wodecki-zostal-Pszczolka-Maja | title = Jak Zbigniew Wodecki został Pszczółką Mają | date = 24 November 2013 | access-date = 11 May 2017 | website = Polskie Radio }} Lubię wracać tam, gdzie byłem, Z Tobą chcę oglądać świat (a duet with Zdzisława Sośnicka) and Zacznij od Bacha, as well as the Polish versions of several soundtracks – Maya the Honey Bee and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie. In the 1980s he performed in a cabaret with {{ill|Zenon Laskowik|pl}}.{{cite web |title=Zbigniew Wodecki – Biografia – Muzyka |url=http://muzyka.wp.pl/aid,3176,title,Zbigniew-Wodecki,artysta_biografia.html?ticaid=119216 |access-date=11 May 2017 |website=Wirtualna Polska}} He appeared as one of the judges on the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, Taniec z gwiazdami, during its first twelve seasons.
Considered one of the most popular singers of the 1970s and 1980s in Poland, he was awarded numerous awards for his artistic achievements including Best Debut Award at the Opole Music Festival in 1972, Journalists' Award at the Opole Music Festival in 1978, Special Award at the Opole Music Festival in 1991, 2 Fryderyk Awards in 2016 and a Golden Fryderyk Award in 2018, Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis in 2011 and posthumously the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2017).{{cite web| url = https://www.rmf.fm/magazyn/news,9426,zbigniew-wodecki-odznaczony-krzyzem-oficerskim-orderu-odrodzenia-polski.html |language = pl |title=Zbigniew Wodecki odznaczony Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski | access-date = 2020-12-22}}
Health problems and death
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In 2014, Wodecki revealed that he had atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.{{cite news |last=Dąbkowski |first=Oscar |date=10 May 2017 |title=Zbigniew Wodecki w szpitalu. Co się stało? |url=http://www.gala.pl/artykul/zbigniew-wodecki-mial-udar-i-trafil-do-szpitala-poznym-wieczorem-170511094919 |language=pl |work=Gala |access-date=11 May 2017}} On 8 May 2017, the artist suffered a massive stroke, a complication from bypass surgery he had at a private clinic, on 5 May 2017, and was taken to intensive care at Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw, where he died 13 days later of complications from the stroke.{{cite news |date=11 May 2017 |title=Zbigniew Wodecki miał udar. Na początku maja przeszedł operację kardiochirurgiczną |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-zbigniew-wodecki-mial-udar-na-poczatku-maja-przeszedl-operac,nId,2392664 |language=pl |work=Interia |access-date=12 May 2017}}{{cite news |date=22 May 2017 |title=Zmarł Zbigniew Wodecki|url=http://gwiazdy.wp.pl/zmarl-zbigniew-wodecki-6121422929770625a |language=pl | work=Wirtualna Polska}}{{cite web|title=Official statement|url=http://www.wodecki.pl/|website=wodecki.pl|access-date=22 May 2017}}
Personal life
Wodecki and his wife, Krystyna, had three children.{{Cite web | url = http://pary-populada.pl/news-jak-zbigniew-wodecki-poznal-zone,nId,1015113 | title = Jak Zbigniew Wodecki poznał żonę | access-date = 2 September 2016}} His family originated from Łaziska, Wodzisław County. He was an honorary citizen of Gmina Godów (Wodzisław County).{{Cite web | url = http://www.tuwodzislaw.pl/wiadomosci,zmarl-zbigniew-wodecki-honorowy-obywatel-gminy-godow,wia5-3266-15108.html | title = Zmarł Zbigniew Wodecki, honorowy obywatel gminy Godów | access-date = 22 May 2017}} He was known as an ally of the LGBT community.{{cite news|url=https://noizz.pl/lgbt/kto-z-polskich-celebrytow-jest-sojusznikiem-osob-lgbtq/25r9d4h |title=Nie musisz należeć do świata queer, żeby wspierać tęczowe środowisko. Ci znani i lubiani pokazują, że każda miłość powinna być równa. |access-date=28 April 2020}}
References
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Category:Musicians from Kraków
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